U.S. airlines seek to block Air India jet purchases (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:35 PM PST Reuters - U.S. airlines sought on Wednesday to block $3.4 billion in pending taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for Air India to buy Boeing Co jetliners. |
Govt looks to pass Lokpal bill in November parliament (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 04:28 AM PST Reuters - The government will aim to pass a slew of legislation in the winter session of parliament commencing on Tuesday, including the anti-corruption Lokpal bill, parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday. |
Corruption concerns over up to six international cricket teams (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 09:21 AM PST Reuters - Up to six international cricket teams have been closely monitored over the past decade because of corruption concerns, according to former International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Unit head Paul Condon. |
Cabinet OKs 26 pct FDI in pension sector: source (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:53 AM PST Reuters - The cabinet has approved foreign direct investment of up to 26 percent in the pension sector, a government source told Reuters on Wednesday, moving forward on a key reform initiative in the financial sector after years of dithering. |
Bradley Cooper is People's "sexiest man alive" (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 10:04 AM PST Reuters - Bradley Cooper is the latest Hollywood heartthrob to be named People's sexiest man alive, the magazine announced on Wednesday. |
It's a girl for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:18 AM PST Reuters - Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has given birth to a baby girl, her husband Abhishek Bachchan announced on Twitter on Wednesday. |
India close in on win despite Windies fightback (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 05:11 AM PST Reuters - India marched steadily towards victory after enforcing the follow-on despite an improved batting performance by West Indies in the second innings of the second test at Eden Gardens on Wednesday. |
Italy gets new technocrat government (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 09:21 AM PST Reuters - Mario Monti formed a new technocrat government in Italy on Wednesday to tackle a major debt crisis threatening the entire euro zone and said he hoped it would placate financial markets. |
Sharad Pawar's political clout drives farm exports (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:40 AM PST Reuters - When it comes to food exports from one of the world's biggest consumers, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar often holds the trump card with his four decades of experience and pivotal position in the coalition government. |
Pranab Mukherje: will ensure supply constraints are taken care of (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 04:57 AM PST Reuters - India will ensure that supply constraints are taken care of, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday, adding he expects inflation pressures to moderate from December. |
RIL denies Kingfisher stake-buy talks report (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:07 PM PST Reuters - A spokesman for Reliance Industries denied on Wednesday a newspaper report the energy major was in talks to buy a stake in cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines. |
Cold war in the tropics: China, India vie for Maldives (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 10:34 PM PST Reuters - On the pristine equatorial shores of the Maldives, an archipelago best known for luxurious resort hideaways swathed in coral reefs and cerulean seas, India and China's regional cold war is warming up. |
Barath leads West Indies fight back (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:26 AM PST Reuters - Opener Adrian Barath had a half-century to lead a West Indies' fight back in their second innings after India enforced the follow-on in the second test at Eden Gardens on Wednesday. |